Counters are just a collection of flip-flops and gates, so what applies to clocking one flip-flop, generally applies to counters, as all the internal flip-flops are connected to the same clock.never taught about timing the devices with a clock (except for flip flops - but the idea there is pretty easy as they store only 1 bit),
Counters also have inputs, like load for loading a parallel initial binary value, and carry-in for cascading counters for larger bit counts.
They have outputs like carry-out to go to the next counter carry-in.
All that is detailed in the data sheet.
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